Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa says Nigeria is now paying the prize of not taking its youths along in its policies and programmes.

Governor Okowa who said this while playing host to a delegation from Umutu community in Ukwuani council area of the state, says the error has cost the nation fortunes.

Governor Okowa told the Umutu delegation led by the Onochieze of Umutu, Abel okonye and other communities in Delta state to device means of partnering with his government especially in the area of securing of lives and property and checkmating youth restiveness.

The Governor also re-assured communities of his administration’s readiness to equip the youths with the necessary skills adding that the youths should be encouraged to play responsive roles in the society.

In an address on behalf of the community, the member representing Ukwuani constituency in the state House of Assembly, Alphonsus Ojo said their visit was to intimate the Governor of the deplorable state of their roads and an uncompleted skill acquisition center abandoned 13 years ago in their community.